i got a WD 1TB portable hard drive and i can't view it on my ps3 ?

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shaman04

i got a WD my passport essential se 1TB, portable hard drive.my probable is that i connected it to my ps3 but nothing shows ups. it works fine when i connect it to my laptop. I also got another WD my passport 500g and that works fine on both. what can i do to fix it for i can be able to view it on my ps3.

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Format it as FAT32. If it's not formatted as FAT32, then the PS3 won't read it. Also be sure it's USB 2.0 (NOT 3.0) as the PS3 can only properly read USB 2.0 devices, not 3.0 even if it's 2.0 compliant.

A great tool for FAT32 formatting is Fat32Formatter. Just download, unzip and run, no installation required.

http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/

Where on PS3 menu can I find my USB expansion drive?

acgen

I have a seagate expansion portable drive with a load of movies on it that I can connect to my laptop. I would like to view them through my PS3. When I plug it in through the controller USB port I cannot seem to find where I can access the USB. Does anyone know if it's possible?

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the usb drive will always show up on the top iof each sections menu , videos are accessible in that menu , photos in its menu etc.
the ps3 can only read external hard drives thast are formatted in fat32 , if yours is ntsf format the ps3 will not even know it is plugged in so you probably have it formatted for ntsf for pc use

if it were formatted properly the ps3 would show it as a usb drive and then you would press triangle to display the files on it

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How can I partition my portable hard drive to save files both from my MAC and from an old PC?

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mr blonde7

I just want to save a ton of files from my MAC to my portable hard drive and if possible, also save files from my PC. I was told the hard drive can be 'partitioned' but have no idea how. I'm fairly clueless regarding all things tech so please use keep it simple LOL.

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You have two options.

1) You can format the drive to FAT32 (MS-DOS in OSX) to make it both PC and Mac compatible. This will allow it to be used on both types of system without partitioning. This is the best option, except that this format won't allow file transfers of single files larger than 4GB in size.

2) You can follow the link below to learn how to use Disk Utility to partition your drive, created two partitions on the one drive, format one for Windows(NTFS) and one for OSX(Max OS Journaled). This will give you storage space for both Operating Systems, but you wouldn't be able to copy items between the systems. By default, OSX cannot read and write a NTFS drive, and Windows cannot read and write to a Mac OS Journaled drive.

http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilitypart.htm

How to format a hard drive to work with Mac + PC?

Elliott

I have a Lacie Starck 500GB Portable Hard Drive. Unfortunately it is only compatible with Mac, but I do a lot of crossing over between Windows and OSX.
Can somebody please help me to format the device so it can be used on windows too?
This would be of great help!
Thanks.

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FAT32

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